Is it just me or do other people notice that/. is late by about a day or sometimes more in reporting news stories. In the case of this story, I read about it yesterday on the New York Times... There were other times when I would read something in the WSJ and see it on Slashdot two days later. Makes a feller question certain things..
There was another very good story written about Wikipedia in the Jul 31, 2006 issue of the New Yorker. It's titled 'Know it All' and is written by Stacy Schiff. You can find it here. The history of Wikipedia is delved into at depth. Many epistemological questions are raised. The main point Stacy made was that perhaps the dynamic, self-correcting nature of Wikipedia, notwithstanding all of its deficiences, is the best encyclopedia for the dynamic nature of the modern world we live in.
i live in manhattan where all powerlines are burried underground. i have not had a power outage in 421 days. my linux box has been up 421 days. during a ferocious thunderstorm i sometimes like to look out the window at the skyscrapers, listen to the sound of thunder ricochetting off the concrete and steel, watch the lightning bolts and admire the achievements of mankind. ayn rand would be proud.
i think this is a great idea. one of my biggest annoyances with writing java apps has been that if i ever wanted to release my programs and didn't want to make any assumptions about my users (mainly that they had any version of java already installed on their system let a lone a level of java that matched my own level) i would have to deploy a very heavy 50MB JRE with my 100K app... i think with the opening of the java source, much like in the linux world, someone will repackage the JRE and just keep the very bare-bones essentials so that instead of deploying a 50MB+100K apps i can deploy a 5MB+100k app.
This would be great, it will enable Apple users to play on websites such as WorldWinner.com, to compete for cash prizes. There's so much software (even web-based software) written out there that only supports Windows/ActiveX/etc, that something like this would really be helpful.
This would be great, it will enable Apple users to play on websites such as WorldWinner.com, to compete for cash prizes. There's so much software (even web-based software) written out there that only supports Windows/ActiveX/etc, that something like this would really be helpful.
I was blown away by Apple's customer service as well. When I first got my iPod Nano, the white headphones that came with it broke after a week. I filed a form on Apple's website. Within 1 hour (this was at 2 am at night) I got a reply from a technician, and a new pair was overnighted to me the next day! I have never seen customer service that paralleled this, except in corporate. Very impressive.
Hidden in there is a liberal agenda of using public transportation vs. driving. Look at how much you can save, folks! Very crafty, google, very crafty.
For those who would like to go on an in-depth exploration of issues touched upon in this article, check out the Case Of The Killer Robot on the onlineethics.org website: http://onlineethics.org/cases/robot/robot.html which I edited back in school. Note that the case is a hypothetical one and all the characters are fictional.
The following quote seems very appropriate for this newsstory:
We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true. - Robert Wilensky
i am sorry if you find the reference inapropriate. you can repalce 'autistic children' with 'old people' without changing what i am trying to say here. the point i was making was, just because you are spammer does not mean you deserve to die a terrible death is all...
as much as i hate spam, i find a problem with the people that are gleefully cheering the guy's death.
sure his actions are annoying and put additional unnecessary burden on society... still, that is no reason to celebrate his death. autistic children are a burden on the system too, you know..
I think this is the appropriate space (and time) to ask a question that I have not yet been able to figure out how to answer. I'm writing an application which needs to store usernames/passwords of various users but not to be authenticated into my application. Rather, that data is needed so that the program I am writing could check email on the behalf of these users. So essentially, there's a third system (let's call it GMail POP server) that needs to know the usernames/passwords that I stored for my users. What is the best way that I could store this information in my database and still have it be safely encrypted. If you think about this, you can't really use a one-way hash function... So the best I could come up with is to use a simple XOR function to encrypt the passwords and then for my program to use the same XOR function to get them back, but it's very weak and could be easily guessed. Is there a more powerful way to do what I am trying to do?
I wonder if this service will only allow one to watch IPTV from my home where the Timewarner cable modem resides or if I can actually watch it from work, as long as I am a customer and pay for the service. Would be great to watch it from work.
I think what we are seeing instead of what happens when poor software designs are applied to building houses is what happens when poor webserver configuration is applied to a website.. It's slashdotted with 1 post!
I agree completely. The mouse is imprecise and takes too long, requires very good hand/eye coordination. When I have to work on a repetitive task I can either write a macro or have the exact sequence of key-strokes down and do the job much faster.
The mouse is better when the datasets that you are working on are not localized / scattered around the screen (it's like a cassette tape vs. cd-rom which can quickly access random parts of data without rewinding)
I agree completely. The mouse is imprecise and takes too long, requires very good hand/eye coordination. When I have to work on a repetitive task I can either write a macro or have the exact sequence of key-strokes down and do the job much faster.
The mouse is better when the datasets that you are working on are not localized / scattered around the screen (it's like a cassette tape vs. cd-rom which can quickly access random parts of data without rewinding)
Not to be a drone or anything but at work you should be working, not reading/sending non-business-related email. Oh wait, what am I doing posting on Slashdot?
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Is it just me or do other people notice that /. is late by about a day or sometimes more in reporting news stories. In the case of this story, I read about it yesterday on the New York Times... There were other times when I would read something in the WSJ and see it on Slashdot two days later. Makes a feller question certain things..
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There was another very good story written about Wikipedia in the Jul 31, 2006 issue of the New Yorker. It's titled 'Know it All' and is written by Stacy Schiff. You can find it here. The history of Wikipedia is delved into at depth. Many epistemological questions are raised. The main point Stacy made was that perhaps the dynamic, self-correcting nature of Wikipedia, notwithstanding all of its deficiences, is the best encyclopedia for the dynamic nature of the modern world we live in.
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i live in manhattan where all powerlines are burried underground. i have not had a power outage in 421 days. my linux box has been up 421 days. during a ferocious thunderstorm i sometimes like to look out the window at the skyscrapers, listen to the sound of thunder ricochetting off the concrete and steel, watch the lightning bolts and admire the achievements of mankind. ayn rand would be proud.
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my apologies.. i read 'fahrenheit 451' - just missed the mirror-universe reference... sorry
What mirror-universe are you referring to exactly? Last I checked Ray Bradbury was alive and kicking.
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i think this is a great idea. one of my biggest annoyances with writing java apps has been that if i ever wanted to release my programs and didn't want to make any assumptions about my users (mainly that they had any version of java already installed on their system let a lone a level of java that matched my own level) i would have to deploy a very heavy 50MB JRE with my 100K app... i think with the opening of the java source, much like in the linux world, someone will repackage the JRE and just keep the very bare-bones essentials so that instead of deploying a 50MB+100K apps i can deploy a 5MB+100k app.
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http://unk1911.blogspot.com/
This would be great, it will enable Apple users to play on websites such as WorldWinner.com, to compete for cash prizes. There's so much software (even web-based software) written out there that only supports Windows/ActiveX/etc, that something like this would really be helpful.
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http://unk1911.blogspot.com/
This would be great, it will enable Apple users to play on websites such as WorldWinner.com, to compete for cash prizes. There's so much software (even web-based software) written out there that only supports Windows/ActiveX/etc, that something like this would really be helpful.
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I was blown away by Apple's customer service as well. When I first got my iPod Nano, the white headphones that came with it broke after a week. I filed a form on Apple's website. Within 1 hour (this was at 2 am at night) I got a reply from a technician, and a new pair was overnighted to me the next day! I have never seen customer service that paralleled this, except in corporate. Very impressive.
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If you analyze the output:
Cost: $1.80 (vs. $4.07 driving!) details
Hidden in there is a liberal agenda of using public transportation vs. driving. Look at how much you can save, folks! Very crafty, google, very crafty.
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the only spirits in this here home office are stowed away in the fridge: captn' morgan and jack daniels and the spirit of the good old grey goose
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sorry to break the surprise but this news story / book / etc is at least 4 months old. why is it being announced now as new?
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For those who would like to go on an in-depth exploration of issues touched upon in this article, check out the Case Of The Killer Robot on the onlineethics.org website: http://onlineethics.org/cases/robot/robot.html which I edited back in school. Note that the case is a hypothetical one and all the characters are fictional.
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(2003ish): IBM discovers cheap labor in India/Bangalore and starts slashing jobs in the US in small but consistent increments over a prolonged time...
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The following quote seems very appropriate for this newsstory:
We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.
- Robert Wilensky
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it's all stereotypes people, get over it...
women are just as smart as men, just less boastful about it. men are just more aggressive and dominating..
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i am sorry if you find the reference inapropriate. you can repalce 'autistic children' with 'old people' without changing what i am trying to say here. the point i was making was, just because you are spammer does not mean you deserve to die a terrible death is all...
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http://unk1911.blogspot.com/
as much as i hate spam, i find a problem with the people that are gleefully cheering the guy's death.
sure his actions are annoying and put additional unnecessary burden on society... still, that is no reason to celebrate his death. autistic children are a burden on the system too, you know..
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http://unk1911.blogspot.com/
I think this is the appropriate space (and time) to ask a question that I have not yet been able to figure out how to answer. I'm writing an application which needs to store usernames/passwords of various users but not to be authenticated into my application. Rather, that data is needed so that the program I am writing could check email on the behalf of these users. So essentially, there's a third system (let's call it GMail POP server) that needs to know the usernames/passwords that I stored for my users. What is the best way that I could store this information in my database and still have it be safely encrypted. If you think about this, you can't really use a one-way hash function ... So the best I could come up with is to use a simple XOR function to encrypt the passwords and then for my program to use the same XOR function to get them back, but it's very weak and could be easily guessed. Is there a more powerful way to do what I am trying to do?
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http://unk1911.blogspot.com/
I wonder if this service will only allow one to watch IPTV from my home where the Timewarner cable modem resides or if I can actually watch it from work, as long as I am a customer and pay for the service. Would be great to watch it from work.
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http://unk1911.blogspot.com/
I think what we are seeing instead of what happens when poor software designs are applied to building houses is what happens when poor webserver configuration is applied to a website.. It's slashdotted with 1 post!
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http://unk1911.blogspot.com/
I agree completely. The mouse is imprecise and takes too long, requires very good hand/eye coordination. When I have to work on a repetitive task I can either write a macro or have the exact sequence of key-strokes down and do the job much faster.
The mouse is better when the datasets that you are working on are not localized / scattered around the screen (it's like a cassette tape vs. cd-rom which can quickly access random parts of data without rewinding)
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http://unk1911.blogspot.com/
I agree completely. The mouse is imprecise and takes too long, requires very good hand/eye coordination. When I have to work on a repetitive task I can either write a macro or have the exact sequence of key-strokes down and do the job much faster.
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The mouse is better when the datasets that you are working on are not localized / scattered around the screen (it's like a cassette tape vs. cd-rom which can quickly access random parts of data without rewinding)
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Not to be a drone or anything but at work you should be working, not reading/sending non-business-related email. Oh wait, what am I doing posting on Slashdot?
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At that rate, anyone could open up a small printing-press, producing about 10,000 copies of a 150 page book in a week or so...
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